Efforts by West Media Company to launch more Salaams Clubs are on course, as five new Mumbo FM Salaams Clubs have been launched in Myanga, Bumula in Bungoma County witnessed by more than five hundred residents, West Media fans and Salaams Clubs members included.
The fan groups are targeting to partner with money lending institutions to help emmebrs access loans and empower them. Table banking is also practiced by members, the aim being to enable them to pay school fees with ease.
Further, the Clubs are aiming to come up with a Sacco to serve the members regionally, both West FM and Mumbo FM fans. During the official launch of the five Salaams Clubs in Myanga, the Umbrella chairperson Fred Wafula called upon the residents to join the Clubs.
The process of establishing the Clubs is well laid out, with the groups first recognized and legitimized by their ability to keep members, they are then registered by the registrar of social groups and issued with certificates to confirm their legality, then they are later approved by the regional group leaders to join others in a given Umbrella.
Written by Thaddeus Wachiye